Afterlithen.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftəlʌɪð/,

/ˈaftəlʌɪð/, U.S.

/ˈæftərˌlaɪð/

Forms: Old English Æftera Liþa, Old English Æftera Lyða, early Middle English Efterlið, early Middle English Efterliðe, 1900s– Afterlithe.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: after adj., English Līða.

Etymology: < after adj. + Old English Līða name of the months June and July (use as noun of lithe adj.; compare sense 2b at that entry), literally ‘the second (of the two months called) Līða ’. Compare Old English Ǣrra Līða June ( < erer adj. + Līða ), and see discussion at June n. and July n.In Old English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number.

Now rare.

In Old English and early Middle English: = July n.Revived by J. R. R. Tolkien in the mid 20th cent. as the name of the seventh month of the year in the hobbit calendar (cf. quot. 1976).

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the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > July

AfterlitheOE

Julyc1300

quintile1606

Mead-month1681

worm month1782

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) July 137 Þone monað [sc. Iulius] we nemnað on ure geðeode se Æftera Lyða.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 52 (MED) I þe moneð þet ure ledene, þet is ald Englis, Efterliðe [Royal Efterlið] inempnet, & Iulium o Latin.

1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King App. D. 384/3 (table) (6) Forelithe..Midyear's Day (Overlithe) (7) Afterlithe.

1976 J. E. A. Tyler Tolkien Compan. 87 The Hobbits of the Shire knew it [sc. July] as Afterlithe, while in Bree it was called The Summerdays [2004 Mede].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afterlithe
释义	Afterlithen. Brit. /ˈɑːftəlʌɪð/, /ˈaftəlʌɪð/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌlaɪð/ Forms: Old English Æftera Liþa, Old English Æftera Lyða, early Middle English Efterlið, early Middle English Efterliðe, 1900s– Afterlithe. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: after adj., English Līða. Etymology: < after adj. + Old English Līða name of the months June and July (use as noun of lithe adj.; compare sense 2b at that entry), literally ‘the second (of the two months called) Līða ’. Compare Old English Ǣrra Līða June ( < erer adj. + Līða ), and see discussion at June n. and July n.In Old English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number. Now rare. In Old English and early Middle English: = July n.Revived by J. R. R. Tolkien in the mid 20th cent. as the name of the seventh month of the year in the hobbit calendar (cf. quot. 1976). ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > July AfterlitheOE Julyc1300 quintile1606 Mead-month1681 worm month1782 OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) July 137 Þone monað [sc. Iulius] we nemnað on ure geðeode se Æftera Lyða. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 52 (MED) I þe moneð þet ure ledene, þet is ald Englis, Efterliðe [Royal Efterlið] inempnet, & Iulium o Latin. 1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King App. D. 384/3 (table) (6) Forelithe..Midyear's Day (Overlithe) (7) Afterlithe. 1976 J. E. A. Tyler Tolkien Compan. 87 The Hobbits of the Shire knew it [sc. July] as Afterlithe, while in Bree it was called The Summerdays [2004 Mede]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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